Spoon holder



L. W. LESTER SPOON HOLDER 'Sept. 28 1926.

Filed May 25. 1925 401/119 Waller A eggzgf ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 28, 1926.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SPOON HOLDER.

Application filed May 25, 1925.

My invention relates to spoon holders and its principal object is to provide a device of this character for detachably holding a spoon on a cup so that the same cannot be accidentally dropped therefrom when carrying the cup, as for instance in a restaurant.

A further object of the invention is to provide a spoon holder embodying a clamp to engage a cup and a second clamp associated therewith to engage the shank of a spoon and thereby hold the same in a position where it can be readily removed for use.

lVith the preceding and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the novel combination of elements, construction, arrangement of parts and operations, to be hereinafter specifically referred to, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein 2- Figure l is a perspective of a cup and spoon associated therewith through the iedium of my invention. 7

Figure 2 is an elevation of the device.

Figure 3 is an elevation taken at right angles to Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail where in corresponding characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 5 designates a conventional cup with which the invention is associated. The invention comprises a length of flat resilient metal 10 bent upon itself intermediate its ends to provide a clamp 11 having one end longitudinally curved as at 12 to facilitate the engagement of this clamp, with the side of a cup as shown. The strip of metal 10 is looped reversely upon itself adjacent its opposite end to provide an oppositely extending resilient clamp 18, the latter being provided with a pair of relatively shallow U-shaped seats metal being Serial No. 32,785.

a spoon to a cup while the latter is beingcarried from place to place and is such as to permit the spoon to be readily disengaged and used.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of the invention, I desire to have it understood that such changes may be made in the form, construction, arrangement of parts and operations, as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

What is claimed is A spoon holding attachment for a cup comprising a flat length of resilient metal looped upon itself intermediate its ends to provide a clamp having a longitudinally outwardly curved free end, said length of further looped to provide a second clamp extending in an opposite direction from the clamp first mentioned and being formed adjacent its free end with a pair of shallow substantial U-shaped seats, the free end of the last mentioned clamp being bent outwardly, and the ends of the U-shaped seats normally engage a .portion of the metal to grasp a spoon-or the like therein.

In testimony whereof I afifix my signa ture.

LOUIS WALTER LESTER. 

